This month, Themis’ work features in both Nature Nanotechnology and the New Scientist.

Introducing the nanoworld

Earlier this year researchers in Themis’ team, supported by the Lloyds Register Foundation, organised an international outreach event with the aim of bringing the nanoscale world and its importance to primary school students. They turned an Athenian hotel room into a cleanroom where 150 8-15yr-olds were introduced to nanotechnology.

An article in New Scientist explores a radical new computing paradigm in which hardware simultaneously stores and processes information – not unlike networks of neurons in the brain. The article features Themis’ work considering whether memristors could lead to machines that can learn entirely on their own.